Stand-on

The benefits of stand-on mowers, Unruh says, are threefold: They leave the operator less fatigued, they’re compact for easily navigating tight spaces and their small footprint takes up less room on a trailer than a zero-turn.

“Contractors love them because they are user-friendly,” Unruh adds.

Dwyer adds that stand-on mowers are popular when trailer space is limited and where operator maneuverability, like shifting body position or ducking below tree limbs, is required.

“Stand-ons are also great when getting off and on the machine is a more regular occurrence,” Dwyer says.

Proving to be versatile across several applications, stand-ons typically come in 36- and 48-inch deck sizes, but options up to 72-inch deck sizes are now available, Tew says.

“The stand-on has a lot of flexibility to flex down into trim applications and flex up into what would be known as the more productivity-focused machines,” he says. “The ability for those machines to be nimble and versatile is a lot of the reasoning why they’ve become so popular over the last three to five years.”